Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-20
VIRGINIA NEWS.

James K. Maddux. of Warrenton, killed
in four days in Culpeper einnty last week
1876 pariridgeE.
Rev. c. F. James. Of the Culpeper Baptist
Church, hiss received q unanin Gus call from
the chnrch at Durham, n. G.
'Bopuie Doone," farm adjoining Cul-
pepper, recently advertised for sale in tho
GAZETTE. has been sold for $40 per acre.
The Board of Visitors of the College OF
William aud Mary met in Richmond yes.
terday to try and secure the passage by the
legislature of the bill making the college
normal school.
Edward Wilson gas shot in Petersburg
Yesterday morning by Detective Kenly
while stealing coal from the Norfolk and
Western Railroad Company, and, it is
thought, fatally wounded.
At an early hour yesterday morning two
freight trains were in collision on the Nor
folk and Western Road, near Liberty, Bed
ford county, and an engine and several cats
were thrown down high embankmen and
demolished A fireman was badly injured.
Major James R. Purcell, of Prince Will
liam, has taken his dog, SOY of Prince
William" to the meeting of the American
Field Trial Club, at Florence, Ala, Flake
and Lady Spotsyood, Prince William dogs,
took first and second prizes at Atbers, Ala,
last February.
Railroad wreckers threw freight train of
the the Norfolk and Southern road from the
trsck at Tunis's Station last night by pla-
cling a steel rail across the road, killing and
iuiuriuS the following persons as we'll rs
wrecking the train: Charles Garrett, mate
of the Old Dominion Line steamers, New
berne, killed outright; John Gregory, train
hand, both legs broken and Injured inter.
nally and dying john Humphreys, Henry
Ways and Rufus Digs, carpenters, badly
bruised, but not seriously injured.
10 the House of Delegates yesterday Mr..
Waddill, republican, recalled from the com
miltee the Senate resolution instruciiug our
Senators and Representatives TO secure
the abolition of the internal revenue.
Coupled with these instructions were resolu
tions on the tariff, copied from the last dem
ocratic platform. The object of the repub.
licans in calling up these resolutions was to
discuss them, but the democrats cut off all
debate and passed the resolutions under q
call for The pending question.
An accident occurred on the Norfolk and
Yves ern Railroad just inside the corporate
limits of Petersburg eunday night. W hich
resulted in one of the large locomotives re-
Gently put on the road and seven or eight
cars being wrecked. The locomotive was
knocked to splinters, little being left of it but
| the boiler. Some malicious person had pro.
cured false key to tho switch and left it
open, which caused The eastbound freight
train for Norfolk to run into train stand.
ing on siding. The loss by the wreck will
be abou. $4,000.
Second Auditor Rufin furnishes the fol.
lowing information in regard to the State
! debt: The amount of principal OF the var
| ous classes of old debt due. outstanding
October, 1887, is s24, 544, 566 10. which, if
funded uuder the Riddleberger bill, would
yield in new 8 par cent. bonds $l4 093 1923 .
| rs amount of new 8 per cent. bonds already
issued Isl, 1867 SOL IS total debt, issued and
10 be issued, S23 ,732 ,00S45. Deduct bonds
cancelled by act of the legislature, S535 So
6S, leaving 500, 1917, three per cent
interest OF which is $685. 1874 IS.
At the caucus of the democratic members
of the legislature last night Mr.. S. B. Witt
was nominated for judge of the Hastings
Court of Richmond, and Judge z. 81. Fitz
hugh for Judge of the Chancery Court ofthe
same city. The following other corporation
! judges were nominated by reclamation /:
Danville, Judge A. NJ. Aiken; Fredericks-
burg, A. w. Wallace; Norfolk, D. Tucker
Brooke Petersburg. d. NJ. Burnett; Ports.
mouth. Judge Leigh r. Watts; Stanton,
Chas, Grattan Roanoke. Winchester and
Lynchburg were passed by. The nomina-
ton for register OF the land office was post
poned till after the holidays